Improvement in corset-springs



UNITED STATES JOSEPH DAY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND NATHA HYMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSET-SPRINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,208, dated February 29, 1876; application filed February 5, 1876.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, JOsEPH DAY, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Corset-Clasp, of which the following is a speci fioation:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front View of my improved corset-clasp, and Fig. 2' a vertical longitudinal corset, being riveted or otherwise applied thereto. The eye B is bent of wire and made wider at the base part, at which it is hinged to the fastening band or clamp G. The eye B is provided with a central extension or head that fits on the hook and secures the steady connection of hook and eyes, while the wider base part allows the easy connecting and separating of the parts. The fastening-band 0' duces the tight closing of the corset to the body, and the convenient taking off of the same. The hook, being riveted about midway to the broad lower stay, which is overlappedby the narrower upper stay when the eye is attached, will'there'bv fully close the corset iii front and prevent the objectionable opening, as in ordinary stays.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- I A corset-clasp composed of a broad stay, having fixed hooks upon it, in combination with an overlapping stay having eyes hinged to fastening-bands which pass around the stay, said eye being made with broad base, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. JOSEPH DAY.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, NATHAN HYMAN. 

